{"id":23812,"date":"2020-04-15T20:06:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/covid-19-we-dont-need-anyones-appreciationwe-dont-need-anyones-appreciation\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T20:06:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:36:07","slug":"covid-19-we-dont-need-anyones-appreciationwe-dont-need-anyones-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=23812","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 | We don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s appreciationwe don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018Ours is a noble profession, we don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s appreciation certificate\u2019, say Kashmiri nurses who fight valiantly against COVID-19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Srinagar: <\/strong>\u201cWe work day and night. We spent hours with patients unlike doctors who come once for a round. We are never being appreciated by authorities unlike doctors,\u201d says a nurse, who is working in one of the associated hospitals of Government Medical College Srinagar.
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She was referring to a tweet by Principal GMC Srinagar, where she has appreciated doctors\u2019 work in dealing with COVID-19.
But nurses are also on the forefront and spend hours in wards unmindful of their health.
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\u201cSMHS hospital is on the forefront, bearing all the burden of possible covid cases and the residents at the hospital are constantly exposed to the virus. They are doing a commendable job in isolating suspects and taking care of all other non-covid patients. My gratitude to them,\u201d the Principal GMC said in a tweet.
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In another tweet she said, \u201cThanks to our staff especially microbiology department and the lab personnel dealing with the live virus. Doctors of CD hospital and all my residents in different associated hospitals who are exposed to the virus deserve commendation and kudos as well as prayers.\u201d
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Her tweet was widely liked by doctors.
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However, the nurse says there is a \u201cstep motherly\u201d treatment towards nursing profession. \u201cOurs is a noble profession and we are proud of that. Tell patients who is taking care of them day and night,\u201d asked the nurse.
She told Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS) that nurses are unmindful of their health and are not being properly protected.
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\u201cFive nurses have to share one small room in the ward. We have to share washroom with attendants. Our role is as important as doctors but we are not provided proper accommodation,\u201d she added.
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Seconding her, another nurse told KINS that they were not being properly treated. \u201cSome think doctors are from well-off families and they only deserve respect. One should sincere in his approach and Allah can reward him,\u201d he said.
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Another nurse said nobody was renting them accommodation. \u201cWe are facing social stigma. People prefer to stay away from us. Nobody wants us to enter their homes saying they may get infected. Even our families are telling us to stay at hospital that we may bring home coronavirus,\u201d the nurse added.
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Parven Khan, president of the nurses association Kashmir, said government needs to protect nurses who work for 24×7 in hospitals.
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\u201cOurs is a noble profession and we are proud of that. Whether anybody appreciates our work or not, does not matter for us,\u201d she told Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS). She also said nurses were not being given proper accommodation.
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Principal GMC Srinagar Dr Samia has said that those need accommodation should approach to concerned authorities.(KINS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Ours is a noble profession, we don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s appreciation certificate\u2019, say Kashmiri nurses who fight valiantly against COVID-19 Srinagar: \u201cWe work day and night. We spent hours with patients unlike doctors who come once for a round. We are never being appreciated by authorities unlike doctors,\u201d says a nurse, who is working in one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}